I will be dead, why would I care?
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Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
As a writer who took cheering up his listeners seriously.
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I tried my best.
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As someone who left the world slightly more interesting than he found it.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 October 2023 source ↗
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View profile →Probably a piece of music. I think it was probably an album by Brian Eno called Another Green World, which is one of his early ‘70s, it’s ambient music, but not the kind of really weird ambient music. There’s an adage that says the music you discover when you are 18, I think it’s 18 is the magic year, is the music that stays with you for the rest of your life. ... Well, I discovered that when I was 18. And I sing the songs of that album in my head all of the time. And I worship Brian Eno.
Recorded Tim Ferriss, The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, 1 June 2018 source ↗
Kiss And Say Goodbye by the Manhattans.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 April 2021 source ↗
I was a reporter for many years at the Washington Post. Although I loved every minute, I don’t think I was a very good reporter.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 April 2021 source ↗
I didn’t want to be anything because I don’t look ahead. Even as a kid I thought it was pointless.
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